Class Constitution!

     The eighth grade has been busy learning how to organize their rules and regulations, and students have worked hard to create an official Constitution for their class.  These are all the rules, subject to the school handbook, that exist in our classroom.

     Everyone did a fantastic job creating and organizing this Constitution; ratification took place today.  You should all be very proud!

We the Students of Helen S Dunn School Class of 2014, in order to keep discipline in the classroom, establish justice, ensure school-wide tranquility, provide for common protection from unequal treatment, promote the general welfare of the students and teachers, and secure the freedoms which we deserve, do ordain and establish this

Constitution for the Class of 2014.

Article I:

1.     All students must stay on task at all times.

2.     All students must work quietly, and stay in their seats during class time unless otherwise permitted. [EDITED by Amendment 3]

3.     No cheating or looking at other people’s work will be tolerated.

4.     No one will write on walls.

5.     No one will steal anything.

6.     Only one person will talk at a time in the classroom; the teacher always has precedence.

7.     No one will damage property belonging to anyone else.

8.     Students will respect teachers and one another, including personal space.

9.     No one will throw anything. [EDITED by Amendments 1 and 5]

10. Students must raise their hands and be called on to speak in class.

11. No hats may be worn in school.

12. All clothing must be school appropriate.

13. Outbursts may not be tolerated.

14. Everyone must stay awake during school hours.

15. Laptops will be used for educational purposes only.

16. Students may not use cell phones in school. [EDITED by Amendment 2]

17. Students will use inside voices at all times in the classroom.

18. Students will only open windows with permission from the teacher.

Article II:

1.     All work will be submitted on time.

2.     Everyone must stay on task at all times.

3.     Students will use study halls wisely.

4.     All students will work their hardest on every quiz and assignment, and will always label their work.

5.     Students will have, in general, less homework on weekends, and limited homework on game days.

6.     Students will always write homework assignments in their planners.

Article III:

1.     Everyone is responsible for their own work.

2.     No one will laugh at distractions.

3.     Students will only leave the classroom with teacher permission.

4.     No students shall shove anyone into anything.

5.     Homework must be handed in on time.

6.     There must be at least fifteen minutes of SSR every morning.

7.     Students and teachers must be on time for everything.

Article IV:

1.     No one shall give flat tires to or invade the personal space of any one else.

2.     All students will walk to the right of the hall.

3.     No students will run in the classroom.

4.     Any student in the hallway must have permission and a set destination in mind.

5.     Everyone must be prepared on time.

6.     Everyone is responsible for their own materials.

Article V:

1.     Teachers will be referred to by the name of their choice.

2.     Students have the right to know when homework is due.

3.     Teachers must correct all homework within one week of students handing it in.

4.     All good student acts will be rewarded when appropriate, and teachers’ rules must be fair.

5.     Students have the right to change this Constitution at a later date.  To do so, at least 75% of the class must agree to amend the rules.  The teacher may veto any amendment.

6.     Everyone’s opinion deserves to be respected and considered.

7.     If a student gets a D or lower on an assignment, they have the right to redo the assignment for partial credit compensation.

Article VI:

This Constitution shall be considered ratified and binding when signed by at least three quarters of the Helen S Dunn School Class of 2014.  These rules shall apply to said class in all time they spend in their homeroom classroom and within the school grounds, as well as when completing homework assignments, wherever that may be.  We, the undersigned Class of 2014, both understand and agree to abide by this Constitution for the coming school year.

Done in Convention by the unanimous Consent of the Students present this Tenth Day of September in the year two thousand and thirteen, whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.